of the Hindu god Vishnu

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• Vishnu Springs — is a ruined resort town located in a west central Illinois river valley. Not much of the town remains today, however a few buildings still exist. HistoryThroughout the 1880s groups as large as 2,000 people gathered in a western Illinois river… …   Wikipedia

• god */ — UK [ɡɒd] / US [ɡɑd] noun [countable] Word forms god : singular god plural gods 1) a) one of the male spirits or beings with special powers that people in some religions believe in and worship The Hindu god Vishnu is often pictured as a young man… …   English dictionary

• Vishnu — For other uses, see Vishnu (disambiguation). Vishnu Devanagari विष्णु Sanskrit Transliteration …   Wikipedia

• Literature in the Hoysala Empire — The Hoysala Empire (1025 ndash;1343), in what is now southern India, produced a large body of literature in the Kannada and Sanskrit languages.Kamath (2001), p. 132] The empire was established by Nripa Kama II, came into political prominence… …   Wikipedia

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• Vishnu sahasranama — The Vishnu sahasranāma (literally: the thousand names of Vishnu ) is a list of 1,000 names for Vishnu, one of the main forms of God in Hinduism and the personal supreme God for Vaishnavas (followers of Vishnu). It is also one of the most sacred… …   Wikipedia

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• Kannada literature in the Vijayanagara Empire — refers to the body of literature composed in the Kannada language of South India during the ascendancy of the Vijayanagar Empire which lasted from the 14th through the 16th century. The Vijayanagara empire was established in 1336 by Harihara I… …   Wikipedia

• Vishnu —    Vishnu in his various forms is one of the most worshipped gods in the Indian pantheon. His tradition, known as VAISHNAVISM, constitutes the second largest sect within Hinduism.    Vishnu first appears in the VEDAS as a rather insignificant… …   Encyclopedia of Hinduism

• Hindu views on evolution — include a range of viewpoints in regards to evolution, creationism, and the origin of life within the diverse traditions of Hinduism. The accounts of the emergence of life within the universe vary in description, but classically the deity called… …   Wikipedia

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